In 1969, they released their first album, “Pretties For You,” and despite it reaching Number 1 for a week, it was considered a failure.įor the band, their success and fame came from their live shows.
The band started out playing various small gigs around Los Angeles, but with their “controversial” stage antics they did so without success that is, until they signed with Frank Zappa’s new Straight Records label. Born in Detroit, Michigan on 4 February 1948, Furnier originally started Alice Cooper as a band (later adopting the name as his own) consisting of him on lead vocals, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith.
